Luna Community College student Montanna Martinez has been selected to represent LCC as its nominee in the 2014 All-USA Community College Academic Team competition. Martinez will be placed in competition for the All-USA Community College Academic Team, Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team, and the New Century Scholars Awards. Phi Theta Kappa headquarters will notify scholars of their placement on national teams by April.

New Mexico Highlands University science students made a strong showing at the New Mexico Academy of Science and New Mexico EPSCoR annual symposium, presenting more research studies than any other university in the state for the second year in a row.

The Highlands University science faculty and students presented 12 of the 24 oral research presentations and 12 of 27 research posters in November in Albuquerque at the symposium.

The deadline for submitting entries for the New Mexico Highlands University Picayune Literary Magazine is Sunday.

Each spring, graduate students in the Department of English graduate produce Picayune, which features national and international submissions of short fiction, poetry, flash fiction of no more than 250 words, and black-line art.

Literary submissions for consideration may come from students, faculty, staff and others outside the university community.

BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado university has suspended a religious studies professor whose silent protest against racial bias led to complaints about his refusal to speak during classes.
Naropa University professor Don Matthews said he launched the protest on the Boulder campus during his classes last week, the Boulder Daily Camera reported Wednesday.

New Mexico Highlands University BFA student Dawnique Savala’s exhibit in the university’s Burris Hall Gallery features acrylic paintings of shoes and hand painted shoes that symbolize Different Walks of Life.

The exhibit continues through Dec. 6 and fills the front of the gallery at 903 National Ave. A concurrent Highlands University Fall Student Art Show fills the remainder of the gallery.